Who is William Afton? ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ lore, explained

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The teaser for the Blumhouse adaptation of hit indie game Five Nights at Freddy’s has given us a sneak peak at some of the horrors we should expect from the movie.

In the trailer, we see Josh Hutcherson’s character Mike Schmidt, working as the night security guard. We also get a glimpse of Matthew Lillard as William Afton, and fans have gone wild. It looks like the team behind this film have definitely done their research on the lore behind the franchise. 

Whilst the games keep a lot of the story purposefully ambiguous, the fan theories and the information that has been gleaned from the game all comes together to tell quite a terrifying backstory to the whole franchise. Particularly the main antagonist of the games William Afton, who has to be one of the most evil characters to exist in video game history. If the movie adaptation keeps even a shred of the backstory we’re in for a wild ride, especially with Matthew Lillard playing the character, as Afton is well within the actor’s particular niche.

The movie will likely be keeping Afton’s backstory the same as the games and perhaps even expanding on it. So if you want to learn all you can about the Five Nights at Freddy’s villain before diving into his nightmare world this October, here is the place to start.

For the uninitiated, William Afton is one of the most important characters in the FNAF games. Whilst he’s never really seen in any of them, he is the one responsible for the killer animatronics who seem to love eating kids. Oh, and he’s also a serial killer himself, so he’s definitely not the kind of guy you’d want to spend much time around. Afton is the co-founder of Freddy Fazbear’s pizzeria alongside his business partner Henry Emily. William is also the creator of the